. St. Nicholas [serial] . about 15 inches of the wood shall project beyondthe sides, where a strip may be fastened betweenthe ends. Light canvas or muslin is then tackedto the roof and strips; and with a coat of paintthe coop will appear as in the illustration. BIRD-SHELTERS. Birds do not always seek the shelter of treesin a storm; they will hover about the houseand barn, under the eaves and piazza-sheds,where they are protected from the rain andthe drippings from wet leaves. A good shelter is made from a flat barrel-hooploosely covered with canvas or muslin tacked allaround the edge. In the t
. St. Nicholas [serial] . about 15 inches of the wood shall project beyondthe sides, where a strip may be fastened betweenthe ends. Light canvas or muslin is then tackedto the roof and strips; and with a coat of paintthe coop will appear as in the illustration. BIRD-SHELTERS. Birds do not always seek the shelter of treesin a storm; they will hover about the houseand barn, under the eaves and piazza-sheds,where they are protected from the rain andthe drippings from wet leaves. A good shelter is made from a flat barrel-hooploosely covered with canvas or muslin tacked allaround the edge. In the top of a post a woodenpeg is driven, and over this the middle of thecanvas disk is slipped, a hole having first beenmade (double-seamed) in the fabric throughwhich the peg can pass. Four wires are to be. attached to the hoop at equal distances apart,and the lower ends are caught through screw-eyes driven in the post a foot or two from thetop. Two or three holes can be made throughthe post, in which perches may be driven. A shelter for the side of a house or barn canbe made from a piece of thin board, two bracket-strips, and three long dowels or round sticks toact as perches, as shown in Fig. 10. SQUIRREL-CAGES, ETC. For squirrels, chipmunks, and white ratssome very good cages can be made from wirecloth, tin boxes, and wood. A base-board iscut 28 inches long, 15 inches wide, and ij£inches thick (see Fig. n). Ten inches from oneend the edges of the board are tapered off so thatthe end will be 6 inches wide. Eleven inchesfrom the small end a square piece of wood ismounted on the base-board to form the back tothe compartment. This is covered with tin on I9°5-1 THE PRACTICAL BOY. 923 the inside, so that the rodents cannot gnaw thewood away at the edges or about the hole thatleads into th
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